is served in service and trust. In the idea of presence in the moment and grace in the outcome.
Africa does not exist anywhere else. You can look at pictures and hear stories but it’s not there. It’s not in the smell of rain on your dusty foothills, though that smell is as synonymous with Africa as any. It’s...
The world’s stage beckons. Sometimes the odds are stacked in our favor, a glittering temple of ambition achieved, enemies vanquished and life preserved. Sometimes – stage right – sirens blare and neon warnings blink and airplanes hover, bomb, hurtle to...
Many, many years ago I attended a work function one winter evening at a destination I can’t remember in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa. We walked into this large, open room. It was sparsely decorated, cold high ceilings...
I’m not a “foodie”. I don’t spend hours slaving over a hot stove. I don’t spend whole weekends compiling a month of different crock-pot meals in freezer bags, although I think it a wonderful idea and efficiency at its finest....
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Stuff. What is it about stuff? When we lose someone we love, we have to do something with their stuff. What if the stuff doesn’t have any monetary value? What if it just has meaning, a memory? How much of...
Dogs sit in cages in “research” torture chambers around the world. Injected with diseased cells, force-fed powerful drugs, chemicals, hormones, alcohol ……….. in the name of “science” and “finding a cure”. We turn a blind eye to the inhumanity, buy...
Best In Show My husband and I watched this movie years ago. Loved it ! Remembered laughing hysterically and thought – given our boys’ love of dogs, it would be a good family movie about participants heading to the...
What is biltong and where does it come from ? I’m glad you asked ! South Africans have been making it since the 17th century and you will learn everything you need to know about it right here !
My son (P) is 9 and a budding junior golfer. Today he is playing in tournament at our Club. He is playing with 2 other boys in his flight, they are older, both their dads are driving the carts. P...
Keep it simple. Walk. You are not embarking on this to lose weight. This is just for your greater good. Start small. Around the block, even less. Just go for a walk. Better yet – take the dog – and...
Whenever Fall comes around I have grand visions of mulled wine on the patio before a blazing chiminea under twinkling fairy lights (all you need is an extension cord) dangling romantically in the branches of a tree. Front steps overflowing...
McFarland, USA Based on a true story set in the middle of California’s Central Valley, a desperately poor area populated by ‘pickers’. This is a classic feel good movie: down and out High School football coach (Kevin Costner) meets no-prospect...
